18 Sengitibonile tindlela takhe, kodvwa ngitamphilisa, ngimhole, ngibuyisele indvudvuto kuye,
Ungilalisa emadlelweni laluhlata, angiholele nasemantini ekuphumula.
Buyisela kimi kutfokota kwensindziso yakho, ungisimise ngekungipha umoya lovumako,
Ngesikhatsi inhlitiyo yami iphitsiteliswa ngimicabango, kudvudvuta kwakho kuyawutfokotisa umphefumulo wami.
Kodvwa kulowo losabalelwa kulabaphilako litsemba lisekhona; khumbula kutsi inja lephilako incono kunelibhubesi lelifile.
Simakadze utsi: “Wotani manje sitewubonisana. Nome tono tenu tibovu njengengati, titawuba mhlophe njengangcocwane, nome tibovu tju, titawuba mhlophe njengeboya bemvu.
Ngalelo langa uyakutsi: “Ngiyakudvumisa, wena Simakadze, lite nome bewungitfukutselele, kodvwa kutfukutsela kwakho akusekho, esikhundleni saloko sewungidvudvutile.
Simakadze uyawushaya iGibhithe ngesifo lesibulalanako; uyawubashaya ngaso, aphindze abaphilise. Bayawuphendvukela kuSimakadze, naye uyawukuva kuncusa kwabo, bese uyabaphilisa.
Noko Simakadze ulangatelela kangaka kutsi abe nemusa kini. Uyaphakama kutsi anihawukele, ngobe Simakadze nguNkulunkulu lowehlulela ngemtsetfocotfo. Babusisiwe bonkhe labalindzela yena.
Inyanga iyawukhanya njengelilanga, nekukhanya kwelilanga kuyawuphindvwa kasikhombisa, ngangekukhanya kwemalanga lagcwele lasikhombisa, ngesikhatsi Simakadze nakabopha emanceba esive sakhe, elapha tilondza letavetwa nguye.
Abaseyikulamba, abaseyikoma; nekushisa kwaselugwadvule nekwelilanga akuseyikubashaya. Lowo lonesihawu nabo uyakubahola, abahambise ngasemitfonjeni yemanti.
“Mine, mine ngekwami, nginguye lonidvudvutako. Benibobani-ke nine kutsi ningesaba bantfu lababhubhako, emadvodzana ebantfu, latjani nje,
Kodvwa ningeke nisuke ngekushesha, nome niphume njengalababalekako; ngobe Simakadze uyawuhamba embikwenu, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli uyawuba ngumvikeli wenu wangasemuva.
Kodvwa yagwazwa ngenca yetiphambuko tetfu, yafihlitwa ngenca yekona kwetfu, sijeziso saba setikwayo, kuze tsine sibe nekuthula; ngemanceba emivimbo yayo siyaphiliswa tsine.
Ngobe nguloko lokushiwo nguLophakeme Losetulu, lolibito lakhe linguLongcwele, utsi: “Ngihlala etulu endzaweni lengcwele, kodvwa nakuye lodzabukile nalotfobekile emoyeni, kutewuvuselela umoya walabatfobekile nekuvuselela tinhlitiyo talabephukile emoyeni.
Simakadze uyawukuhola njalo, uyakwenetisa tidzingo takho, eveni lapho libalele likhipha inhlanti emantini, uyakucinisa ematsambo akho. Uyawuba njengengadze leniseleke kahle, nanjengemtfombo lapho emanti akhona angomi.
Kodvwa naningalaleli, ngiyawukhala emasitseleni ngenca yeligcabho lenu. Emehlo ami ayawukhala kabuhlungu kabi agobhote tinyembeti, ngobe umhlambi waSimakadze uyawube utfunjiwe.
“Ncandzekani sive lesingaketsembeki, ngiyawunelapha kulokuhlubuka kwenu.” “Yebo, siyakuta kuwe, ngobe wena unguSimakadze Nkulunkulu wetfu.
Kodvwa wena ngiyawukubuyisela emphilweni, ngiphilise emanceba akho, nome ubitwa ngekutsi ungulolahliwe, iSiyoni lenganakwa ngumuntfu,’ kusho Simakadze.
Simakadze wabonakala kitsi kadzeni, watsi: “Ngikutsandze ngelutsandvo lwaphakadze, futsi ngisachubeka nekukunakekela ngemusa.
“ ‘Noko, lelidolobha ngiyawuliletsela kuphila nekuphiliswa. Labantfu bami ngiyawubaphilisa, ngibente bativele banekuthula nekuphepha lokuphuphumako.
Ngako Simakadze wakhuluma emavi lamnandzi ekudvudvuta kulengilosi leyayikhuluma nami.
Ngako-ke yesuka yahamba yaya kuyise. “Yayisekudzeni kabi nelikhaya ngesikhatsi uyise ayibona. Inhlitiyo yeyise yagcwala sihawu, wayihawukela wagijima wayihlangabeta. Wayigaca ngemkhono wakhe, wayanga.
Umtsetfo wefikela kwandzisa siphambuko, kodvwa ngekwandza kwesono nemusa waNkulunkulu wandza kakhulu.
Ngobe liWundlu laNkulunkulu lelisenkhabeni yesihlalo sebukhosi, liyawubelusa, libaholele emitfonjeni yemanti ekuphila. Nkulunkulu uyakwesula tonkhe tinyembeti tabo emehlweni abo.”